Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6276 08 Apr 2026, 11:16

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Time syncing 80 0 0 0 0 80 10 0 10 7:26.823 Passed
Feature Time syncing
As a Tails user I want Tor to work properly And for that I need a reasonably accurate system clock
19.489
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.630
When the network is plugged 0.033
And I successfully configure Tor 12.774
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.206
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
22.721
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.895
When the network is plugged 0.352
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.381
And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.050
And I wait until Tor is ready 2.002
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.200
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
24.017
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.763
When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.168
And I capture all network traffic 0.001
And the network is plugged 0.028
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.474
And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.048
And I wait until Tor is ready 1.143
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.061
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.326

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After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.177
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.034
1:17.156
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.734
When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.262
And I warm reboot the computer 0.007
And the computer reboots Tails 1:9.344
Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004
1:17.135
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.653
When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.486
And I warm reboot the computer 0.005
And the computer reboots Tails 1:8.479
Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.511
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.540
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
35.921
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given a computer 0.044
And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.009
And I start the computer 0.762
And the computer boots Tails 34.832
Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.272
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.722
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
28.191
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.173
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.097
When the network is plugged 0.014
And I successfully configure Tor 19.843
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.385
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
1:28.632
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.811
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.238
And all notifications have disappeared 3.810
And I capture all network traffic 0.021
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.057
And the network is plugged 0.016
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.091
When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.722
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.251
And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.047
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.160
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.406
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.101
Then I wait until Tor is ready 35.507
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.338
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.254
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.073
55.283
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.907
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.150
And all notifications have disappeared 3.861
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.024
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.387
# Anti-test: Users east of UTC can't connect to obfs4 bridges
And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in hide mode without connecting 4.126
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.219
Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.565
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.459
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.383
# "Asia/Shanghai" is UTC+08:00 all year long (no DST)
And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.269
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.225
Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.084
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.321
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036
And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.258
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.221
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035
18.275
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.898
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.110
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 9.825
Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000
When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.421
Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000
And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.002
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000